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Arise Project
African Research and Innovative Initiative for Sickle cell Education:
Improving Research Capacity for Service Improvement
ARISE- African Research and Innovative Initiative for Sickle cell Education: Improving Research Capacity for Service Improvement is a research project recently funded by the EU in the framework of the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018 programme aimed at creating an interagency and multidisciplinary staff exchange programme between experienced researchers, early start investigators and other relevant staff members of the partners institutions to share and spread the best practices in Newborn Screening, diagnosis and treatment of SCD, leading to improvement in overall disease outcome.
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Keep updated on all the initiatives and events of the ARISE project
Join the HELIOS Webinar Series and Advance Your Knowledge on Haemoglobinopathies
The ARISE Initiative is pleased to inform you about the webinar series on haemoglobinopathies organised by HELIOS, the European network dedicated to raising awareness on haemoglobinopathies (HBs) and improving access to expert knowledge. As part of its efforts to...
Participate in a Study on Sickle Cell Disease Management in Nigeria
ARISE is conducting a questionnaire-based study, with the aim to map and analyse the organisation of the healthcare centres managing SCD in in relation with accessibility and readiness of specific health technologies (i.e., blood transfusion service, Magnetic...
An interview with a Sickle cell disease patient living in Portugal
Living with a rare disease like sickle cell disease is not easy. We asked a Portuguese patient to tell us about his experience with this disease. Read his story.
from the blog
Learn more about ARISE project through the secondees’ experiences
A warrior’s poem
A warrior's poem by Amayah Shalom Zirai Some will call it a disease But I will say you are awarrior Everyday is a battle and you win Sometimes you lose but your response is to fight. To a warrior whose tears are never without result you deserve your accolades. In a...
My Secondment Experience – Charlie Leboff
My name is Charlie Leboff a Master’s graduate in Biochemistry and Genetics, and soon to be PhD student from the United Kingdom. I recently completed a two-month secondment with the African Research and Innovative Initiative for Sickle cell Education (ARISE) programme...
Omosalewa Abiola Alao experience
My name is a Medical Laboratory Scientist, haematology specialist with Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The ARISE secondment program availed me the opportunity to have a two months’ internship from June 14 to August 13,2024 in a...
Arise Project
What is
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cells disorders. People suffering from SCD have an abnormal protein in their red blood cells.
SCD is among the world’s most common serious inherited diseases with more than 300,000 annual births, 85% are born in sub-Saharan Africa.